Asleep at Wheel Motorist Fined License Suspended
Events following a doze behind the steering wheel of a stationary motor car in Scott-street in the early hours of January 3, led to the appearance of a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1929
3,457 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 173
Motor Cycling. Sports Ground Speedway
The main attraction at the Speedway to-night will be the first appearance of the noted rider. Bobbie Blake, who has done most of his riding at Brisbane,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sydney Motor Show Opened by Premier Sydney
Motor vehicles and accessories to the value of approximately £1,000,000 are on exhibition at the Motor Show at Moore Park, which was officially opened by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hows and Whys £1,000,000 Motor Show Many New Ideas Sydney
How are cars made? How do all the gadgets on the dashboard operate? Why is the differential…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Accidents Cross Roads Collision
Following a collision between a motor car and a motor cycle at the Cross Roads, on Saturday night. Joseph Skelton (23), of Main-road. Boolaroo, a railway porter,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Aeroplane Crashes Narrow Escape Melbourne
Through engine trouble developing an aeroplane flying over the sea at Port Melbourne on Saturday was forced to descend…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Weston Main Road
Mr. G. Booth, M.P., has made representations to the Minister for Local Government relative to the petition he has received from the residents of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Improved Plant Kearsley Road Works
Heaps of crushed blue metal on the side of the Cessnock-Kurri road, placed there in preparation for the work of concreting the road, are the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Unconscious on Road Cardiff Man's Plight
John Peattie (40), Arthur-street, Cardiff, was found lying on a roadway at Young Wallsend on Saturday night, suffering from concussion, and a severe…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Plunge Down Bank Goods-train Smash Engine Crew's Escape
Crashing into the stop blocks of a dead-end siding at Ourimbah, with a force which splintered like match-wood the massive wooden buffers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Train Delays Stops for Water Dams Dry Newcastle to Sydney
The drought is affecting not only farmers, householders, and stock, but even the trains. It is the chief cause of the delay…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Cycling Sports Ground Speedway Keen Racing
Keen interest was taken in the appearance of Bobby Blake at Sports Ground Speedway on Saturday night, when there was a good attendance…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Motor Speed Record Campbell's Attempt Capetown
Captain Malcolm Campbell will arrive in South Africa early next month for his attempt to recapture the world's motor speed record…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Racehorses Killed Jumped Railway Fence Hamilton Owner's Loss
As the result of an unfortunate occurrence early yesterday morning, Mr. H. J. Robinson, of the Northern Star Hotel, Hamilton, had to have destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Unprecedented Boom England's Motor Car Industry LONDON
Australian, Now Zealand, South African, and Indian orders, amounting to £1,300,000, for June delivery, an Increase of £200,000 as compared with the first bait of last year, combining with 14 home demand for from sewn tu 14 horse-power motor cars, and also charabancs, have created…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dead Pigs Railway Inquiry Waratah Yards
The Railway Department is making inquiries following the statement of the general manager of the Newcastle District Abattoir…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Spikes in Bridge" Traps for Motorists
"Macquarie-street bridge is dangerous for foot traffic, let alone for vehicles," complained a member of Cardiff Progress Association last night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Drowned Swept Off Bridge Brisbane
A message from Ingham states that while endeavouring to cross the Herbert Bridge, with two other men, shortly afternoon to-day. Henry Zielke was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NEWCASTLE-BELMONT New Road Nearly Finished
Marked progress is being made at the Newcastle and of the Northern Highway, and within a very short time there will be a good road all the way…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Swept Off Bridge Victim of Flood CAIRNS
Henry Zielke, while endeavoring to cross the superstructure of the the Herbert River railway bridge, which is submerged 10ft 6in., was swept…
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